It’s been a long journey to bring Jack Kerouac’s seminal novel, “On the
Road,” to the screen, which probably should’ve served as a warning to
anyone daring to make the commitment. After 50 years of false starts and
adaptation blues, the work has finally been dramatized, though, after
watching the movie, it’s difficult to understand why anyone would be
excited to turn this decidedly literary creation into a cinematic
experience. Labored and miscast, “On the Road” mistakes droning
meditation for soulful significance, dashing around Kerouac’s
experiences without establishing connective tissue, making the feature
less about the characters and more about the highlights, trying to pack
in as much of the source material as possible, regardless if it flows or
not. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com